The Gambia Teachers’ Union on Wednesday October 5, 2022, joins the rest of the world to observe World Teachers Day. The day set aside by
The Gambia Teachers’ Union recently trains Thirty-One Education Students of the University of The Gambia on service rule. The training focuses on providing the teachers
As we observe IYD 2022, we must also challenge Government to prioritize the development of young people in the teaching profession. This should include but not be limited to providing scholarships for them to develop themselves academically, reviewing policies to ensure deserving young teachers are promoted to different cadres in the Establishment as well as improving their socioeconomic welfare through incentives and allowances that commensurate the very challenging conditions they perform their duties.
The Gambia Teachers’ Union-GTU is on a three-day Summer Professional Development Training for Forty young teacher leaders is at the Regional Education Directorate 6. The
The Gambia Teachers’ Union, through support from the Steve Sinnott Foundation, has begun a two-day training on Gender-Based Violence for twenty Special Needs teachers from
GTU TRAINS EDUSA ON SANITARY PAD MAKING As campaigns for increasing awareness on mensural hygiene intensify, The Gambia Teachers’ Union on Friday 24th June 2022
Baboucarr Ousmaila Joof the General Manager of the Gambia Teachers Union Cooperative Credit Union, has recently received an international award. The award that recognizes his contribution to credit union development on the continent was given to him in Kenya during a convergence of leaders of credit unions across the globe. Baboucarr Joof has an expansive …
In a bid to strengthen the capacity of its School Representatives to effectively discharge their functions, the Gambia Teachers’ Union has rolled out training programmes for SRs across the country. The pieces of training that started weeks ago in the Central River Region has now reached the Lower River Region. From the 4th-7th November 2021, …
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The National Executive Committee of the Gambia Teachers’ Union (GTU) wishes to congratulate the entire teaching fraternity in commemoration of World Teachers Day. World Teachers Day (WTD) held annually on 5th October, is an important event for the entire educational community to celebrate the teaching profession and to promote the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status …
The Gambia Teachers’ Union today, 17th August 2021 convened a session for 12 mentors under its ‘Mobile Technology: Mentoring and Professional Learning Communities for Women Teachers in The Gambia’. The convergence held at Mansakonko, LRR, was meant to abreast the participants on key components of the project as well as on issues surrounding Gender-Based Violence. …
Cognizant of the need to abreast its structures on their roles as per union and members welfare is concerned, the Gambia Teachers’ Union has begun a three-day Training of Trainers for 15 participants across the country. The training taking place from the 28th-30th September at the Regional Education Directorate 4 is aimed at equipping participants …
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The Gambia Teachers’ Union has gathered 25 headteachers/principals from Regions 3 and 4 on a day orientation on the GTU-CTF Fund for Innovation and Transformation(FIT) project. The orientation underway at Mansakonko is meant to inform the school officials about the project and their roles in supporting the project. The ‘FIT Project’, meant to support 48 …
Findings have shown that a greater percentage of school-going girls skip school during their mensural period. This is largely associated with a lack of access to sanitary pads. It’s against this backdrop that the Gambia Teachers’ Union organizes a two-day training for Sixty Home Science teachers in Region 2 on the making of reusable sanitary …
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The Gambia Teachers’ Union Cooperative Credit Union-GTUCCU, Tuesday August 31, 2021, marked Twenty-Five years in existence in the cooperative ecosystem. Established on 31st August 1996 through a 1992 congress resolution of the National Executive Committee of the Gambia Teachers Union, the GTUCCU is one of the fastest-growing cooperatives in the country. At a Press Conference …
The Gambia Teachers Union through support from the Steve Sinnott Foundation organized a training workshop on School-Related Gender-Based Violence for female headteachers and young female teachers serving in schools in the rural Gambia. The training was meant to equip participants with the necessary knowledge and skills in the fight against SRGBV. Reports have indicated the …
The Gambia Teachers’ Union has gathered close to Fifty young female teachers serving in rural Gambia on a day training workshop on School Related Gender Based Violence. The training comes on the wake of increasing reports of GBVs in schools and regions. The training funded by the Steve Sinnott Foundation is expected to equip the …